Better Pipe Organ Database

Dobson Pipe Organ Builders Opus 49 (1990)

St. Paul's United Methodist Church
250 E. College Avenue
State College, PA

Images

1990 - Closeup side view of case (Photograph from an archival source: Builder's website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

1990 - Organ and sanctuary (Photograph from an archival source: Builder's website, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)

Consoles

Main

Console position: Keydesk Attached
2 manuals
22 stops
27 registers
3 divisions
Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Stop layout Type: Sliding Stop Controls/Levers
Manual compass: 58 notes
Pedal compass: 32 notes
Combination action: Computerized/Digital

Notes

2004-10-30 - Dual stop action: mechanical and electric. Balanced mechanical swell shoe. -Database Manager

2005-04-18 - Electric action to pedal. Updated through information from John Panning, Dobson Pipe Organ Builders. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Stoplist from builder's web site Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

State College, Pennsylvania
St. Paul's United Methodist Church

Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Ltd.   Opus 49   1990
2 manuals, 22 stops, 28 ranks
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               GREAT ORGAN
           16' Bourdon             58
            8' Prestant            58
            8' Harmonic Flute      58
            8' Rohrflöte           58
            4' Octave              58
            4' Nachthorn           58
        2 2/3' Nazard              58
            2' Waldflöte           58
        1 3/5' Tierce              58
        1 1/3' Mixture IV         232
            8' Trumpet             58
               Swell to Great

               SWELL ORGAN
            8' Gedackt             58
            8' Salicional          58
            8' Celeste (GG)        51
            4' Gemshorn            58
            2' Principal           58
        1 1/3' Gemsquinte          58
            1' Scharf IV          232
            8' Oboe                58
               Tremulant
                 (affects both manuals)

               PEDAL ORGAN
           16' Subbass             44
            8' Principal           56
            8' Bourdon (ext)       --
            4' Choralbass (ext)    --
            2' Super Octave (ext)  --
           16' Posaune             56
            8' Trumpet (ext)       --
            4' Clarion (ext)       --
               Great to Pedal
               Swell to Pedal

               Mechanical key action: manuals
               Electric action: pedal

               Dual (mechanical & electric)
               stop action and multilevel
               combination action

               Freestanding solid oak case


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-11-28]

Websites

Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Ltd. - Op. 49 - Builder's web site: photograph, stoplist. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)